The suspicion was that Arye Deri, the leader of Shas (then part of the Likud coalition), who at the time was facing trial for bribery and fraud, would be pardoned if Mr Bar-On had the job.

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The nine-day trial at the High Court in Dundee heard how Cumming had clashed with Mr Getty in the toilets of the Maltman bar, in Dundee's Mains Road, during Mr Kelbie's 50th birthday party.

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Previously, the trial bar could use the testimony of people who did not have the background to speak knowledgeably about the subject at hand.

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